Introductory text

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 8th December 1997

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1997

Coming into force 1st January 1998

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) and (1A) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981^f1 and sections 23(2)(b) and 137(1)^f2 of the Transport Act 1985^f3, after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 14. Sections 60 and 61 of the 1981 Act were amended by, respectively, section 134 and section 135(1) of the Transport Act 1985 and have effect, by virtue of those sections, as if Parts I and II of the 1985 Act were incorporated in the 1981 Act.
f2: See the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f3: 1985 c. 67. Section 23(2)(b) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) and by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974).